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Composer and audio illustrator James Newman created this rich audio landscape in response to Zechariah 14 and Zechariah 12:10.
Zechariah 14
Zechariah 12:10
Jacob's Lament
By
James Newman
Credits:
Composer: James Newman
Performed by James Newman Cinematic Orchestra
Curated by:
Jonathon Roberts
2018

Primary Scripture
Behold, a day of Yahweh comes, when your plunder will be divided within you.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
It will happen in that day, that there will not be light, cold, or frost.
It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.
It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter will it be.
Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.
All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.
Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.
This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
It will happen in that day, that a great panic from Yahweh will be among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together: gold, and silver, and clothing, in great abundance.
So will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the animals that will be in those camps, as that plague.
It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, and to keep the feast of tents.
It will be, that whoever of all the families of the earth doesn’t go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, on them there will be no rain.
If the family of Egypt doesn’t go up, and doesn’t come, neither will it rain on them. This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike the nations that don’t go up to keep the feast of tents.
This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that don’t go up to keep the feast of tents.
In that day there will be on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO YAHWEH”; and the pots in Yahweh’s house will be like the bowls before the altar.
Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of Armies; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them, and cook in them. In that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of Armies.
Zechariah 14
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Audio illustrator James Newman and the James Newman Cinematic Orchestra are pleased to present "Jacob's Lament". This piece was composed as an artistic musical reflection over Jerusalem and Israel based on events found in Zechariah 14.
Though this piece is a mournful lament for these events, it also reflects that which is spoken in Zechariah 12:10: "I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn."
With this in mind, Newman shares about his piece:
"I've concluded this piece with a faint hint of the wind of change... a major chord in its ending portraying the coming hope of Christ's return, the destruction of Israel's foes, freeing both captive Israel, and the world from the Beast and his empire.
Christ shall rule the world with a rod of iron and as Zechariah 14:9 states:
'And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will be the only one, and His name the only one.'
I hope this musical reflection helps brings to life these living words found in the book of Zechariah."
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James Newman is an international media composer, and audio illustrator. James uses his knowledge and love of sound design coupled with his ability to tell stories through his music to take the listener on journeys of aural excellence.
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